Grade 5 Adding Decimals to Hundredths
Adding decimals to hundredths in grade 5 — line up the decimal points, not the right-hand digits. Eighteen problems on a printable PDF with the key.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Add the decimals. Line up the decimal points before you add.
- 1.27.78 + 37.41 =
- 2.32.13 + 45.15 =
- 3.4.07 + 10.15 =
- 4.17.64 + 32.94 =
- 5.14.81 + 35.94 =
- 6.7.17 + 28.35 =
- 7.42.51 + 43.22 =
- 8.10.58 + 6.78 =
- 9.22.64 + 29.62 =
- 10.44.07 + 11.13 =
- 11.44.85 + 11.03 =
- 12.28.03 + 48.15 =
- 13.40.77 + 10.87 =
- 14.11.38 + 48.99 =
- 15.5.49 + 44.69 =
- 16.17.66 + 40.29 =
- 17.23.39 + 47.85 =
- 18.34.03 + 38.79 =
What this worksheet covers
There are eighteen decimals problems here — one page to work, one page of answers to check against — and Sets B and C repeat the layout with different numbers. What makes this set particular: operands run to two decimal places, so the decimal points have to be lined up rather than the right-hand digits and the numbers run as high as 48.99. Problems 7 and 13, for instance, are "42.51 + 43.22" and "40.77 + 10.87". The sheet sits inside Common Core 5.NBT.7, in the grade 5 Number & Operations in Base Ten strand.
Skills practised
Grade 5 decimals means adding and subtracting decimals to hundredths, and multiplying and dividing by whole numbers. Specifically, the problems practise grade 5 Adding Decimals to Hundredths. Working the page asks a student to keep the decimal points aligned.
About the drill format
A drill is straight practice: 18 problems of the same kind, laid out across the page with working space under each — problem 7, "42.51 + 43.22" is typical of the whole page. A run of one decimal operation is where point alignment stops being a decision and becomes a habit.
Set A, Set B and Set C
Set A is the sheet as it was first published on MathSheetLab, and Sets B and C were derived from it problem by problem: each number became a slot redrawn with the same shape, and every answer was recomputed exactly. Where Set A's problem 10 is "44.07 + 11.13", Set B's is "25.62 + 11.02".
How to use this worksheet
By grade 5 a student should take all eighteen decimals problems in one sitting. If the page takes more than about fifteen minutes, the underlying facts are probably not automatic yet, and that is worth fixing before more decimals practice piles on. Date the drill before filing it. Set C from six weeks later is the cheapest evidence you have that the decimals stuck.
One mistake to watch for
Decimals are aligned to the right: 3.5 + 0.42 = 3.92. Watch problem 13 of this drill — "40.77 + 10.87" — for this one.
The right-alignment habit from whole numbers is being applied to a notation where the point, not the right edge, fixes the value.
Write in the placeholder zero (3.50) before adding; aligning the points then aligns everything else.
Other grade 5 decimals formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Timed Drill — Grade 5 Decimals Timed Drill, 72 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 5 Decimals Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 5 Subtracting Decimals to Hundredths, 18 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 5 Decimals Word Problems, 10 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- 4.NF.6 — Fractions and Decimals: Tenths and Hundredths — grade 4, 22 problems
- Grade 6 Adding Multi-Digit Decimals — grade 6, 16 problems
Drill sheets in other grade 5 topics
No paywall and no account — download any set of this grade 5 decimals drill, and the answers for all eighteen problems are in the matching key.